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Behavioral telehealth loses momentum without a regulatory boost

Flexible treatment options spurred by the pandemic made medications classified as controlled substances more accessible to patients.

Susan Talamantes Eggman's appointment comes as the state faces a projected $24 billion budget deficit and potential cuts to healthcare spending.

California is taking baby steps to address the increasing din from traffic and illegally modified cars.

All households are eligible for four tests.

The Bay Area is seeing a substantial uptick in COVID-19 cases right now.

Multiple studies show a strong association between higher levels of optimism and healthy aging.

One analysis found that fentanyl was responsible for 1 in 5 deaths among 15- to 24-year-old Californians in 2021.

The updated, “bivalent” boosters target both the initial COVID-19 strain and the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the highly contagious omicron variant.

Health officials say a key difference between this upcoming winter and the last two is the wider availability of COVID antivirals like Paxlovid.

An important new study offers much-needed data.